This year will be the 7th season that we have the 6-wheel trailer out on the road, and it is getting near to the time where the tyres are going to have to be changed, not through wear but exposure to sunlight causing cracking of the tyre walls.

They looked OK last year, but we'll give them a more stringent check this year as it's a big lump to have a tyre fail on.

The older 4-wheel trailer lives inside most of the time and doesn't get affected as much.

I had to change all four tyres on my VW camper for it's MOT. They all had at least 8mm of tread on but had suffered from "Ultra-Violet Degradation" as they call it. Some of the sidewall cracks were scary!!

Definitely worth investing in a set of canvas covers if they sit in the sun a lot.

Well I've just spent the morning reading the build thread while "babysitting" the painter doing the hall/stairs/landing and thought an excellent, well documented read, well done Peter and supporting "cast".

In a way I'm glad I wasn't on the forum when it started as I would need to wait for next days/weeks episode

I would have liked to have commented at various points, but can only add a bit about restraining the engine, have you thought about static chains at the front and a pair of load binders at the back?

Long may it continue taking you to the rallies in style and comfort.

Stuart

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